Kallog
Why doesn't every homeowner cover their entire roof?
Or a portion of the roof at least.
I think the reason is that the initial cost is preventing many from doing so.
these days if you hire a contractor to paint your house a single room in your house will cost you apx $600.00 a room.
several thousand dollars depending on the number of rooms you have.
the contractor will most likely hire a sub contractor and the sub contractor will either find an additional painting sub contractor or he will actually have painters at his disposal or as employees.
then if you ask the painter how much he is getting paid he will most likely tell you just above minimum wage.
the painter might work 3-4 hours for 2 days and move between other painting jobs.
whats going to have to happen will have to be something other than the average contractor sub contractor scenario.
where most of the initial cost is actually spent on materials and labor, and not put in the prime contractors pocket.
its the same with solar power only much more has to go into the materials cost so when a new house is built you would probably have to pay a contactor at least $10,000 extra just to put in his pocket if you wanted a solar power system.
then the price of the house would go up apx $20,000 to cover the materials , labor , and the contractors pocket cash and of course the additional value to the home.
what Im trying to say is that although the materials price has greatly decreased, the installation cost is probably being increased to consume any savings.
if it could be done much like the satelight tv installers that make apx $80.00 an installation that takes an hour or so to perform.
then the installation labor cost would drop to around $200.00 for a average 2 bedroom home.
this would provide 2 installers $20.00 an hour for 5 hours.
thats what its going to take to really get it going strong.
